Artificial-stone roofing tile or shingle.



" yor channels exten o gf grav de meens'for retaining the tiles in posi- 5 of this invention, -f

FREDERICK M.

LEUSOH, OF TRAER, IOWA.

ARTiFioiAL-STONE nooFiNG' Tita on emmene.

To alt whom .it may concer/L;

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. LEUscii, ,'a' citizen of the United States, residing at raerj in' th county oi Tama and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Artithc following is a specification.

r This invention relates kto an improved artiicial-stone roofing tile orshingle, and has for its object to rovidc a. simple, inexpensive, and durablejtile of this character designed to take the place of the ordinary wooden shingle now in general use. y

A- further object of thc invention is to provide a roofing-tile having op ositely-disposed longitudinal lookin -lips' ac apted to engage the correspondin locking-lips of adjacent tile? when severa of the latter are laid into a roo f j v A further object is to provide a tile the general contour and. construction of which is `auch as to form a )lurality of water passages ing the entire length of the roof, said tiles bei-n laid with the forward endfof metile over apping the 'rear end of the succeeding tile, .thereby preventingr the .water from accumulating at the juncture of said tiles and Working its way beneath the latter.

A till further object of the invention is to ion on thespars gr battens of the roof preparatory to nailing or otherwise permanently securing'- eeid tiles, v With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction land novel` combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described, il ustratedin the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in '4o the claims hereto ep ended, it being underf stood tht V'lflous c ienges in' form, proportion, iindjminor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from vthe principle or .Secriiclng any of' the advantages "In, he accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a roof,

showing asei'leeoi tiles constructed-in accord-1 .y 5o ance with my invention in position thereoii'; ig.

Fig, 2 i611 transverse Sectional View' `is a top plan view. Fig, 4 is 'an enlar ed de- 'teil perspective View of one of the ti es dev tached and lookin at the bottom or under side el the seme, ig, 5 is e top plan View `ot Specification of Letters Patent. Applicatioiililed December 14.

'iciaLStone Roofing Tile or Shingle, of which I Patented March 13, 1906. 1904, Serial No, 236,865.

a'portion of a roof, showing the tiles laid to break joint.

' Similar numerals of reference indicatecorrespondingparts in all theiigures of the draw- 1110'8. i i

Ihe roongetile 5, which may be formed of cement, glass, terra-cotta, or other suitable material, ispreferably formed of a mixture of cement, sand, and ground cindersinolded in 'the Shape shown and subsequently covered with a coating of li uid vccmenttovgive the saine an exterior finisI aindjrender the til/e imity of longitudinal water passages or chan-` nels 6 on its upp'er face and a single longitudinal channel 7 on vits lower face. `The side edges of the tile are provided with oppcsitelydi `posed longitudinalgrooyes orrecesses 8, adapted to receive the correspondinglyshaped lookin -li s 9 of adjacent tiles when several lol" sai Yti es are laid side lby side to drawings.' Projecting from they bottom 0f the tile, at the forward end thereof, is a transversely-disposed depending lug '10, the latter eing corrugated in cross-section to conform to the surface of the tile, so that when said tiles are in position the depending lug on the forward end of one tile will conform to and engage the rear end of the succeeding tile. The overlapping ends of the tiles in each row are prefere. i y cement or other adhesive material preferably interposed between the vdepending lug of one tile and the forward end of the next, thereby preventing the water from accumuklating at the juncture of said tilesand Working its Way beneath the latter. The longitudinal edges of adjacent tiles are together b a layeroi cement 10', interposed between t e locking-lip of oneI tile and the longitudinal groove of the next.

s a means for retaining the'tiles in position on the sparsor battens 11 preparatory to ernianently securing the former to the roo I form the forward end of each tile with to engage the spare or batterie, as shown. Embedded in the body 'ot the tile orotherywise secured thereto is a metallicretaining strip or bar 13, adaptedfto be nailed or otherwise fastened to the battons 1i. The bar or strip gt3-is provided with one or more opensecured together by a layer of also secured t i, The tile is preferably corrugated in cross'- i section, 'as shown, thereby defining a'plurall'- form a roof, as clearly shownfin Fig. 2 of the Sci IOO

a pairof spaced depending luge l2, adapted Ln i l ranged to break joints, as shown.

ings 14 for the reception of the fastening 1neans,`and in laying the tiles the bar on one tile preferably engages the rear end of the succeeding tile, as lclearly shown in Fig. l of the i drawings, thereby locking the overlappingiy ends ol' the tiles to each other and also to the spars or battons 1l and effeetually preventineT accidental displacement of the same.

A ridgevpiece or gable-saddle 15 engages the tiles at the apex of the roof, and this ridge-piece is also preferably formed of the E plastic material before mentioned.

The tiles andridge-piece may be tinted or otherwise colored in order to give an ornamental appearance to the roof, either b adding a pigment to the plastic material 'before molding the saine or by adding said pigment to the liquid-cement coating.

In Fig. 3 the tiles are arranged with their longitudinal edges disposed in alinement with each other, While in Fig. 5 said tiles are ar- A shingle fermedin the manner described is light, serviceable, andeasily applied and will effectivel resist the action of the elements for an in efnite period.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 'A A tile having a corrugated body portion provided with oppositely-disposed longitudi- 3o nal locking-lips adapted to engage the locking-lips of adjacent tiles, said body portion having its upper or exposed face unobstructed and its lower tace provided at one end of the tile with a plurality of spaced lugs for en- 3 5 gagement with the transverse hatten of a roof, the opposite end of the lower face of the tile being formed with a transversely-dis posed depending lug conforming to the shape of the tile and adapted to engage the unob- 4o structed upper face of a succeeding tile, and a retaining-strap secured to the tile at said transverse lug and adapted 'to engage the rear end of said succeeding tile and the adjacent transverse hatten of the rool i In testimony that I claim the foregoingI as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

FRED. M. LEUSCH.

/Vitnesses'.

E. E. YELINEK, CURTIS H. THOMAS. 

